SC on my team micromanages me and another consultant. Manager seems to support it and only critiques our work but not his (writing I mean). We’re all adults here but this feels like I’m a kid smh

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Well you can't be the judge of the quality of your delivery. If M supports this then she/he probably has cause to deem it justified.

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Nah I mean it’s fine that he’s doing a good job. I’m more talking about how some people think they can manage others, but they’re really only good at managing themselves

Just focus on your delivery and work product.

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Yeah I am. I’m new so I’m not tryna deal with bs...It’s just frustrating ya know

Are you a consultant? Has the manager assigned them to be your lead?

I am. He is. It just feels like a power trip tbh. I know SC’s are supposed to lead the team but he’s not giving us room to feel included in any decision making. I honestly think he will not be a good manager—he doesn’t ever ask the team for their input on his management styles either. I’ve kindly told him for example that a stand up meeting for this particular project may not be effective because it’s not agile and we don’t have sprints...we’re writing, so some days we may write more than others and what we say in the stand ups will get repetitive and boring. I mentioned I’m a scrum master too who’s done actual stand ups but I guess he ignored it

Luckily just a few weeks until the project is over. Not sure if we will get an extension but either way I think it’s time to move on

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